February 12, 2025
Ms. Rosen (for herself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study and issue a report on grant programs to support the nursing workforce.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Train More Nurses Act
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Sec. 2. Review of and report on programs supporting the nursing workforce
The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor, jointly, shall—
(1)
conduct a review of all grant programs carried out by the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Labor that support the nurse workforce; and
(2)
not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report on the review under paragraph (1) that includes recommendations for changes to such grant programs to improve upon the goals of—
(A)
increasing nurse faculty, particularly in underserved areas;
(B)
providing pathways for nurses who have more than 10 years of clinical experience to become faculty at schools of nursing; and
(C)
encouraging and increasing the nursing pipeline through pathways for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses.